American Airlines Pilot Ejects Activist Tamika Mallory From Flight

The pilot’s “White male aggression” was on full display in a minor dispute over seat assignment.

Add another racially charged incident to an increasing list of discrimination charges against American Airline.

In the latest incident, a civil rights activist Tamika Mallory complained that an American Airlines pilot kicked her off a plane on Sunday over a seat assignment dispute, the New York Daily News reports.

Mallory, who co-chaired the Women’s March on Washington, told the newspaper that she was traveling from Miami to New York. She changed her seat assignment from a middle seat to an aisle seat at an airport kiosk.

However, an American Airline agent gave her a boarding pass with the middle seat. The pilot overheard the argument and admonished Mallory.

Although she complied and sat in the middle seat, the pilot had her called to the front of the plane before takeoff. In a disrespectful and angry tone, the pilot ordered her to leave the plane. The police came and ushered out Mallory and her traveling companion.

“It definitely was White male aggression,” she told The Daily News. “I was singled out, I was disrespected, and he was trying to intimidate me. I was discriminated against.”

Doesn't matter how much we do and how hard we fight, white men are allowed to treat black women like shit .@AmericanAir

“Our team does not tolerate discrimination of any kind. We take these allegations seriously, and we are in the process of reaching out to our colleagues in Miami, as well as Ms. Mallory, to obtain additional information on what transpired during the boarding process.”

In a series of tweets, Mallory pointed out that American Airlines has a history of discrimination:

This is not the first time ppl I know and love have been treated this way by .@AmericanAir. And by today, they have learned NOTHING!